U.K. medical professionals have issued an urgent plea to the British government to reimpose Covid restrictions just as experts watch a virus mutation closely.
U.K. medical professionals have issued an urgent plea to the British government to reimpose Covid restrictions.
Health leaders warned late Tuesday that the U.K. risks "stumbling into a winter crisis" if the government does not enact itsa pledge it made last month in which it said it would reimpose Covid measures if data suggested the National Health Service was "likely to come under unsustainable pressure." The U.K. is currently recording between 40,000 and 50,000 new Covid cases a day and the number of hospitalizations and deaths is steadily rising, although at a much lower pace than earlier in the pandemic thanks to Covid vaccines, which greatly reduce the risk of severe infection, hospitalization and death.
Covid restrictions in England were lifted on July 19 when pubs, restaurants and nightclubs reopened. Mask-wearing also became largely a matter of personal choice apart from on public transport.
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